Captain Joseph Whitcomb

1700 - 1792  (92 years)

• Name	Joseph Whitcomb
  Title	Captain
  Birth	1700	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Nov 1792	Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
  Burial	Mount Caesar Cemetery, Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
  Notes	Captain Joseph Whitcomb, great grandson of John Whitcomb, who settled in Dorchester, Mass. as early as 1723, from Dorchester, England, was born in Lancaster, Mass. in 1700, and moved to West Swanzey, New Hampshire from Lancaster, in 1760, with five sons. Captain Joseph built a saw mill and a grist-mill at West Swanzey, making privilege on which the Stratton mills and box and bucket shops now stand. He must of owned quite a tract of land. At the time the family arrived in Swanzey he was sixty years of age and a man of experience and respectability. His sons were at the time of their coming to Swanzey from eight to twenty-five years of age. Captain Joseph died November 12, 1792, at the age of ninety-two years. (History of Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire)
  Person ID	I46824	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	David Whitcomb,   b. 20 Feb 1668, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 11 Apr 1730, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Hayward,   b. 1666   d. 05 Jan 1733, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1700	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F12797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Damaris Priest,   b. 21 Apr 1710, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 23 Nov 1770, Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1725	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. General Philemon Whitcomb,   b. 29 Oct 1748, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 10 Jan 1824, Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F16999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2021

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 1700 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Marriage - 20 Jan 1725 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 12 Nov 1792 - Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire Burial - - Mount Caesar Cemetery, Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth
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